About the book: 2021 / Under the binding of this volume are collected the best works about the adventures of primitive people. In them the reader will find the first rudiments of reason and the first thoughts of man about kindness and mercy, actions that began the countdown to what modern science calls civilization! Contents:1. Vladimir Sergeevich Utkin: Thundering Bridge 2. Vladimir Sergeevich Utkin: Along the Big River 3. William Golding: Heirs 4. Semyon Yulievich Karatov: Swift-footed Jar 5. Semyon Yulievich Karatov: Stone Giant. A Tale from the Stone Age 6. Joseph Henri Roney Sr.: The Cave Lion (with illustrations) (Translation: Irina Orlovskaya)7. Joseph Henri Roney Sr.: Fight for the Fire 8. Joseph Henri Roney Sr.: Vamirah